eBay Chinese tire machine changer and balancer review

[@akfabrications5935]

Thanks for posting . I just ordered the same name brand yesterday. I got the 950 and 680. Great to see that they are working fine . They seem to be very well built.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Yes, I had my doubts but they've performed well so far!

[@alexandercabral1396]

How they holding up?

[@morgansword]

Some but not all of us get that nasus feeling when the camera goes all over the place. I was so glad when I found that you set the camera on a stand as I threw up on the keyboard within seconds.. not fun. I do like you showing the how it works on both machines an especially with the balancer. I have the old coats machine and I won't try to venture how many tires have been changed by me or the previous owners but lots on both counts. Shop recently burned to the ground in a forest fire so no time to save any stuff that is so hard to replace. I wondered about the shroud until explained. The bead blaster I made years ago for doing semi tires or tires still on the rig as you mount air line to rim for airing tire and give a blast and walla boom its done without a removeall in the field if its pouring rain or just a million things here in alaska

[@F.Krueger-cs4vk]

Excellent video, thank you for posting. It doesn't matter which side of the rim you put the cones on. A trick I can share with you. When you balance the wheel & the tyre casing has run out, up/down movement. Mark the postion of the tyre on the rim , deflate rotate the tyre 180 degrees. Balance the tyre again if the tyre still has run out, move tyre back or forwards 90 degrees. If the tyre still has the same problem, remove tyre from rim, turn around, repeat the above procedure till the tyre runs smooth on the rim. The 2nd trick I want to tell you, there are 4 quarters of the tyre called quadrants. Top section of tyre, bottom section of tyre , side of tyre closest to you & the opposite side furtherest away from you. You then balance the wheel , the machine says you need to attach 10 grams weight to either the inner or outer rim whichever side your doing. You attach the 10 gram weight on the rim & balance wheel again. The machine doesn't always come up with a zero/balanced reading. If the machine says you need to add 5 grams, turn the wheel to where your supposed to add the 5 grams, 12 o'clock position, top quadrant. Pay attention to the location of the 10 gram weight that you attached first. If the 10 gram weight is in bottom quadrant, remove the 10 gram weight you first attached , replace it with a 5 gram weight. If the 10 gram weight is in the side quadrant either closest to where your standing next the the balancer or the opposite side, the side quadrants, move the 10 gram weight up 1 inch from the original postion. If the 10 gram weight is in the top quadrant, add the 5 grams next to the 10 gram weight. Balance the tyre again should come up with a zero/ balanced reading for either the inner or outter rim you are balancing. The whole idea is you just want the weights in one position on the inner & outter rim, not having weights all over the rim looks bad. This only applies if you don't get a balanced reading the first time round. Thank you & good luck folks.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

That's good info, thanks!

[@bvcxzgt5451]

I check the rim on a static balancer and use that to position the tire's red dot at the heaviest point. Really cuts down on the amount of weight you need.

[@igor4375]

You have a update on these machines ?

[@kylebales5329]

Are you doing tires on the side for people at home or do you have an insured business? I would worry about the liability of doing tires for people out of my garage..have always wanted too but that is why I havent..

[@jesusvalle1372]

Kyle Bales Same man

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I do work for friends and family. I plan to retire from my job in two years and just work out of the shop.

[@andrewminervini3230]

Any idea if the jaws could grab a 21" motorcycle rim from the outside diameter ?

[@kazomedie]

nice

[@technicalitems731]

Andrew Minervini will it work for motorcycle wheels and tires?

[@technicalitems731]

I’ve always heard you should roll the tire in advance of turning on the balancing motor to save motor strain and damage.

[@mathewp4684]

I know this video is old, but maybe someone can answer. How do you change the Balancer from grams to ounces? That part of my instructions is missing and I can't find it anywhere.

[@MattacksRC]

Cool tire changer. I want one now especially since I've seen tires on Amazon prime.

[@alborgdenmark26]

Thank you very much for this video and instruction. Because the instructions are written in pidgeon Chinese.......awful.....so I rewrote it and made necessary corrections after finding out things the hard way.

[@wesyoungblood2982]

I just ordered one of these units, and it should be in any day now. Thanks for this review video. One thing I might add about lubrication for the bead. The corrosion that you had to grind off, on aluminum wheels, can be caused by soap. A protectant, like ArmorAll, can be used as a bead lube and it won't cause corrosion.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

+Wes Youngblood I've never thought about using Armor All. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@wesyoungblood2982]

ts6034 No problem. I got the suggestion from a motorcycle forum. They were talking about how to mount tires on aluminum wheels without causing corrosion damage. By the way, you did pronounce the name correctly. That's how they say it at their shop in California.

[@summitdave8782]

Hi there...Thinking about get this setup...How you liking yours....

[@garrettlittle1532]

Using any kind of liquid in your tired? When the tire gets hot, the tire pressure changes. Look into it. You are better off buying the tire grease

[@leeroyexcavator9149]

Really good info video been thinkn pretty hard about getting one of these for the farm.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

They’re still going strong! Used almost daily!

[@starion871]

What's the biggest tire you have done? I got 33's and was wandering if this would work. Thanks

[@AJollyGoodFelon]

Seems like you should remove the label before balancing it*... I have the harbor freight manual bubble thingy. *(My keyboard's question mark doesn't work)

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I usually do but I’ve spun them with and without the label and there’s no difference with the imbalance.

[@twins1405]

ts6034, I liked your video! Im sick of dealing with the tire dealers and waiting for my tires to be mounted and balanced and then sometimes they are not balanced! can you enter the ebay seller or any other information so I might buy these myself. again, thanks for the video.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I'll see if I can find it and post it here.

[@BidCrushr]

New 1.5 HP Tire Changer Wheel Changers Machine Balancer Rim Clamp Combo 560-680 rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202163988823

[@pm331550]

These work really good! I had a blown out bead breaker diaphragm on mine within a few weeks of use. The seller on Ebay sent me a new one right away.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Mine are still going strong! They’ve seen a lot of use too. Yours should give you years of service.

[@albertferguson6403]

You just made my mind up. Thanks for the video.

[@geotracker30]

is the wheel balancer capapble of doing a truck tire,something like a 285/75-16

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Yes. My tires are 285/70/17. No problem at all. I’ve done the 20” truck tires as well

[@geotracker30]

thanks for the response,i'm gonna order mine this week

[@CHIBA280CRV]

Thanks I just picked up the used set for 300.00 hopefully it works out for me . Very informative video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@BruceLyeg]

For a lubricant, use the ingredient in Dawn that makes it slippery, glycerine. It has the added bonus of also working as a rubber conditioner.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

That’s some good info! Thanks!

[@BruceLyeg]

@@Tomsfoolery. You're welcome.

[@technicalitems731]

Dawn works well but apparently soap is an oxidizer and damages aluminum wheels.

[@HeyStewie]

Can you do 3/4 ton and 1 ton truck wheels?

[@technicalitems731]

Wow! So this will do big 4x4 truck tires and f550 ford wheels and tires? I wonder how long this company will stay in business? I wonder if parts will be available for 20 years? Looks like a good setup!!

[@claytonmckeel8038]

How did u get the spring on the bead breaker arm

[@mejoresmomentos7279]

Hey buddy I buy one sbm 950 ,when arrived have 2 black hoses lose do you how I fixed o where the up it..

[@keithwiebe1787]

Got my machines the other week and couldn't get my tires balanced correctly (Lincoln Mark VIII and Grand Marquis). Found out that you don't want the spring and cone on the left but like you have it. Perhaps the spring tension or simply the cone bottoms out before wheel hits flange. I thought I had bent rims (steel rims) but putting the cone on the right side took care of problems. I know they don't recommend that but hey???

[@kenshobby5191]

Looks like a pretty good machine. I have been thinking about getting the pair and now after watching the video I think I will. Thanks for the information!

[@consaka1]

Shroud is a pain in the butt. However that balancer is cute and small compared to my old hoffman 2100.

[@wvdragracer]

This machine is advertised as up to a 12" wide wheel? Will it go any wider? I am wanting to use on 14" wide drag wheels for changing slicks.

[@kenshobby5191]

Looks like a pretty good machine. I have been thinking about getting the pair and now after watching the video I think I will. Thanks for the information!

[@rafaelchuqui6553]

hi, good job..... but can you explain if the balance mashine is saying? where and what part of the wheel you are putting the weight? and to show us the numbers from the mashine? and when beeps the mashine if is any arrows on the screem mashine? like others are explaining us.... i know u...r doing well.....but we wanted to check the numbers too. thank you.

[@renzo_138]

They look decent for small businesses. What's the air pressure needed for this set up

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I'm running them off a 5hp 60 gallon single stage compressor. The tire machine has it's own pressure regulator. I will have to look at it to see what its set at as i don't remember off hand.

[@PeterXChhanX]

@@Tomsfoolery. if you can get back to us with the psi rating of the both the 60 gal compressor and the tire machine that would be great!

[@Tomsfoolery.]

The tire machine has its own pressure regulator that is set at 80psi. I’m currently running an 80 gallon compressor but it worked fine when I had a smaller 60 gallon. You could even use a smaller compressor but it would take longer for each tire.

[@gsr2envy]

I liked the video. I watched another guy mount his 4 tires by hand and it nearly took 4 hours to do. I'm sure it will be his last time to do tires by hand. Lol.

[@sdfsqftg5732]

Very pleased with this item. Keeps good readings

[@Tomsfoolery.]

My machines are used almost daily and still going strong!

[@craigmonteforte1478]

thanks for the video i’ve been looking at these online and was very skeptic le about them being made in China myself in reality if they work with similar success of yours think they would be worth the price and the need to make some repairs and adjustments especially for a home shop use it’s also nice to hear the seller came through for you , you should give them a plug IMO 200 tires is pretty good overall

[@michaelglenn2468]

Positive vids like this seem to have made the prices go up! $1500 now.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

The machines are still worth it. It’s been a couple years and I still use mine almost daily. If one of them broke, I’d buy another.

[@ugottbkiddin]

Wait another year or two and it will be more yet!

[@TwoWheelRocco]

Great Job..

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Thanks for watching!

[@peterstroble2641]

Any experience doing wire wheels? Knock-off center wheels?

[@quadflopper1012]

Steel weights, are you in california?

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I’m in Michigan

[@joelalleman9591]

yeah steel, if you live in california you can die from eating lead!!

[@dennismadigan2023]

Thanks. Great video and info.

[@82bmickelson]

Very useful, just what i need to hear.

[@allamerican7830]

How did you go about performing the calibration on the balancer once you received it? I’ve heard you have to calibrate them with a 14 inch steel wheel?

[@Tomsfoolery.]

It explains it in the manual. And yes, you use a 14” steel wheel. But I didn’t calibrate mine. It worked well out of the box and continues to work well.

[@billjohnson7041]

Any updates ?

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Yes sir. Still going strong! I just did 8 tires tonight with them!

[@losey1990]

Just wondering, when they come, do they come on a small delivery truck? or a big 18 wheeler?

[@Tomsfoolery.]

It was a semi truck that delivered these ones.

[@oscarcrespo9365]

Can it change BMW or Mercedes Benz tires. Some of them are very difficult to work on. And thank you for sharing the video.

[@bvcxzgt5451]

You are going to have to be a lot more specific about what would make those wheels difficult.

[@JBMOTORSMORE]

Hi what size compressor you running

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I now have an 80 gallon 2 stage but I used these for the first two years using a 60 gallon single stage compressor.

[@JBMOTORSMORE]

@@Tomsfoolery. Ok great thanks I was stuck between a single and dual stage 60 thanks

[@Tomsfoolery.]

The dual stage deliver more volume and the tank fills so much faster. The new ones are much quieter as well.

[@apache1120]

Could you do a video on calibration? I don't understand the instructions. Should I buy a 14" steel wheel and tire?

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I haven’t had to calibrate mine. Is yours not balancing correctly?

[@jongsonho8543]

no, you don't need to buy, the range in 13-19" steel wheel is ok, actually, the aluminium wheel also ok, it depends on that whether the 100g countweight can be sticked and hold on the rim when you are doing the calibration procedure

[@555rsuniga]

How much is the tire charger

[@tomknud]

Great post, which ebay seller? thanks

[@larryrodriguez2524]

I purchased the same tire n wheel balancer I'm having trouble with aluminum wheels ,steal wheels balance fine . the instructions a little confusing ,

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Are you using stick on weights on the alum wheels?

[@larryrodriguez2524]

@@Tomsfoolery. yes, tried balancing the same whell a few times , do you measure the aluminium wheel same as the steel, using Alum 2

[@allamerican7830]

Does the wheel balancer run on 110? Or 208-220?

[@Tomsfoolery.]

110. Plugs right into any standard wall outlet.

[@breakerbarranch5617]

Great video...maybe getting a setup like that soon.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Thanks for watching! I just used them again today. It's sooooo convenient having them in the shop!

[@breakerbarranch5617]

I've got 4 sets of 5 wheels & tires to change...that alone says I NEED ONE OF THESE :)

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I’d say so!

[@bnjdc007]

Good video . If you put the spring and cone on first you don't have to keep putting the cone on and off.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I like putting the cone on the outside because there’s no chance of the wheel being off center. If the spring isn’t strong enough, the cone can’t center the wheel. Doing it this way gives the wheel no choice but to be centered on the machine.

[@bnjdc007]

New way of doing things Way to go.

[@DeerHunter2000]

@@bnjdc007 - actually that's the old original way of doing it. The spring setup is the new way, but obviously not the best way.

[@mikesmotortoys]

How do you feel it would work on larger wheels? 17" rims and 37" off road Jeep wheels and tires? I'm sure the balancer would struggle, I'm more interested in just pulling off and mounting wheels.. Thanks in advance

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I did a set of 35's on 20" wheels without a problem. The specs say the maximum rim clamp is 21" and max tire diameter is 37" for the tire changer. The balancer is supposed to be good to a 44" tire with a max weight of 155lbs. So your 17" wheels and 37" tires shouldn't be an issue.

[@mikesmotortoys]

Thanks for the input - need to get something simple so I stop wasting time hauling tires / wheels to the tire shop for mount / dismount / balance. Seems like the reviews I've seen are all favorable. Looks like the same machine with many different names and even another color that's sold at Harbor Freight (Ranger)

[@caseihharvesting2]

ts6034 i

[@kolohelau1185]

ts6034 wow I’m blown away !!!

[@franktib]

like for cursing at the balancer

[@summitdave8782]

Well im thinking about buying this setup ...And was wondering how they are doing and if you still like them...Thanks

[@Tomsfoolery.]

So far so good! I use them regularly and don't really have any complaints. They get the job done and are well worth what I paid for them.

[@summitdave8782]

OK sweet..Sounds good

[@Fermin817]

Does this balancer allow for the use of sticky weights?

[@Tomsfoolery.]

+Fermin Villegas yes it does! It has all the different settings for steel or aluminum wheels. Most of the tires I balance use those sticky weights.

[@vegasheat71]

I like prell for the lube. 😀😁🤣😂🤣

[@Tomsfoolery.]

😆

[@istvanmeissler2238]

Very helpful video. Thanks.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Thanks for watching. The machines are still working great!

[@jeremycole6873]

Thanks for the info

[@kdsd5845]

Good info

[@unkwayne2853]

Thanks for the information

[@Tomsfoolery.]

You're welcome and thanks for watching!

[@dennismadigan2023]

Thanks. Great video and info.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Thanks for watching!

[@dennismadigan2023]

ts6034 you bet. I will be buying one of these soon.

[@amberornbaum3988]

Where can we purchase parts for these tire changers?

[@JayDee-bz2ge]

Holy CRAP that tire is a lop sided POS! What kind of tire is it? CHINA? AHHHHH! Mounted 315 / 35 r17 michelins on 17x11 Boyd wheels and 2 of them didn't need ANY weights. USA tires are far better and safer...

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Yeah it was a cheap tire. I believe it came from ebay. (China)

[@nomanahmad2562]

I know this is a good value for what’s it is, but man try mounting some 30-45 series tires these cheap machine with no helper arms, definitely will do some damage to the machine or tire or rim garunteed, I have some Chinese tire machine but wish I had rather spent more on some quality product, but then again great value for a lot of basic applications.

[@Tomsfoolery.]

I mounted some 40 series tires yesterday. I mostly do standard passenger vehicle tires so these machines work great. If I did low profile tires regularly, I'd get different machines.

[@bvcxzgt5451]

Use more lubricant or a better lubricant. It makes an amazing difference. I have done 255/40R19s and other 40-45 series on a manual machine. Before I learned to lubricate well and learned to lubricate the tool as well as rim and tire, I was struggling.

[@How2Desmo]

Thanks a bunch, you helped a lot. I was debating with myself, if I need to get one for my motorcycle....now I'm positive! Have to pay $25 for each, every time I do a track day....crazy!

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching!

[@bvcxzgt5451]

Buy a spare set of wheels. Used stock wheels are cheap.

[@kdsd5845]

Can this machine handle 22 inch rims

[@Tomsfoolery.]

+Kd Sd I'm not sure. I've done the dodge 20's on it though.

[@kdsd5845]

Thanks

[@Tomsfoolery.]

Thanks for watching!

[@jennifern5376]

Hi is the tire changer run on 110v or 220 3 phase

[@andywood6514]

Long term Life of chinesse wheel balanser ? - answer: final mountig weight with wheel on the floor.

[@robinsonlabs]

learn to spell tyre not tire